US Universities Should Respect Right to Protest
End Crackdown on Peaceful Pro-Palestinian Protests
![Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404usp_usa_columbia_student_protest.jpg?h=f9c58064&itok=f8kUjAel)
Guinea Massacre Trial Enters Final Stage
Reclassification of Charges Remains Open Question, Date Set for Closing Submissions
Joint Statement – Civil Society Groups Call On US Government to Block Unconditioned Military Assistance to Israel
![A view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on May 28, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005CRD_us_earnit.jpg?h=28121b77&itok=ONgdqEA9)
African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding
Slow Progress 23 Years After Landmark Abuja Declaration
Africa’s High Teenage Pregnancy Rate Demands Strong Response
AU Should Adopt Guidelines to Protect Rights of Pregnant, Parenting Girls
Lebanon: Stepped-Up Repression of Syrians
Unlawful Deportations, Detention, Mistreatment
![Syrian children gather between tents at a refugee camp in Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, June 13, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/06/202306mena_lebanon_syria_asylum_refugee_deportation.jpg?h=aa6c0f32&itok=b5W6zWYc)
Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers
Undertake Prompt, Independent Inquiry with AU, UN Assistance
![The women’s mosque in the center of Soro village, Thiou district, northern Yatenga province, Burkina Faso. March 2024 © 2024 Private](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404africa_BurkinaFaso_SoroMosk.jpeg?h=10d202d3&itok=T8aWyHru)
Iran: Popular Rapper Sentenced to Death for Dissent
Revolutionary Courts are Key Tool in Authorities’ Brutal Repression
![Toumaj Salehi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404mena_iran_salehi.jpeg?h=93fa4828&itok=dAs6xSAF)
Honoring a Philippine Human Rights Icon
Rene Saguisag Defended Victims of Abuses During Marcos Dictatorship
![Human rights lawyer and former senator Rene Saguisag holds a copy of a book about the martial law period in the Philippines while describing his ordeal in detention, Manila, September 26, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404asia_philippines_Rene_Saguisag.jpg?h=ee90139f&itok=uyKJi-_Y)
EU Misses Opportunity on Frontex Transparency, Accountability
Border Agency Should Reveal How It Conducts Surveillance
Dominica High Court Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct
All Caribbean Nations Should Repeal Similar Criminal Laws
![Dominica’s High Court of Justice in the capital Roseau, pictured with other commercial and government buildings, January 9, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404lgbt_ame_dominica_Roseau_and_high_court_building.jpg?h=671f15b5&itok=neLfgKt-)
Indian Authorities Stop Australian Journalist from Covering Elections
Government Targets Foreign Journalists, Blocks Online Content
![प्रेस क्लब ऑफ इंडिया के बाहर मीडिया पर सरकारी तंत्र के बढ़ते प्रतिबंधों का विरोध करते पत्रकार, नई दिल्ली, भारत, 18 फरवरी, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/04/202204asia_india_pressprotest.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=wmWx4Dvd)
Japan’s Transgender Law Revisions Should Be Grounded in Autonomy
Compulsory Sterilization Removed, but Lawmakers Should Reject all Onerous Requirements
![Participants at the Tokyo Trans March in Shibuya district of Tokyo, March 31, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404lgbt_asia_japan_trans_rights.jpg?h=cfbf196d&itok=IZ_hWlC8)